01912nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10212568 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070213s2008 inua sb s001 0 eng 2007005798 9780253349293 (cloth) 025334929X (cloth) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)648344470 HN49.V64 M87 2008eb 302/.14 22 Musick, Marc A. Volunteers [electronic resource] : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. vi, 663 p. : ill. Philanthropic and nonprofit studies Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index. The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Voluntarism. Volunteers. Electronic books. local Wilson, John, 1942- ebrary, Inc. Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10212568 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 126553 126553